Dionne Warwick sues rights company over alleged ‘pilfering of millions’ in royalty income
Dionne Warwick has filed counterclaims against Artists Rights Enforcement Corporation (AREC), the royalty collection firm that sued her in December ...
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How Cutting Edge built a $1bn+ portfolio of Hollywood music rights
Trailblazers is an MBW interview series that turns the spotlight on music entrepreneurs with the potential to become the global ...
Live Nation and Argentina’s Dale Play Live team up on $110m Mâs Monumental Stadium concert rights deal
Live Nation Entertainment has finalized a 10-year agreement reportedly worth $110 million with Argentine professional sports club Club Atlético River ...
Sony launches $2B music rights acquisition JV with Singapore’s GIC
Sony Music Group is forming a music rights-buying joint venture with Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund, GIC Pte. Bloomberg reports that ...
AI Music Companies Urgently Need Accurate Music Rights Data
In the wake of groundbreaking AI music deals recently announced, Music Reports has an urgent message for the music industry. ...
GoDigital Music buys Marc Anthony catalog in eight-figure deal; acquires broader tranche of Latin music rights in separate $115m transaction
GoDigital Music says it has acquired “several” Latin music catalogs in a transaction valued at approximately $115 million.The company said ...
Pro Music Rights says it’s ‘exploring legal action’ in response to Congressman letter calling for FTC investigation
Pro Music Rights (PMR) and its parent company Music Licensing, Inc. say that they are exploring legal action following US ...
Reactional Music taps MusicInfra to build ‘next-generation’ rights management platform for gaming
Music-for-gaming company Reactional Music is joining forces with rights management firm MusicInfra (Music Infrastructure Company) to make music licensing for ...
Bad Brains, iconic D.C. punk band, ink wide-ranging music rights deal with Matt Pincus’ Trust Records
Matt Pincus launched a company called Trust Records (alongside co-founder Joe Nelson) in 2020 with a focused mission: to promote, ...
Kobalt and indie music company umn team up to acquire catalog of superstar songwriters Peter Plate and Ulf Leo Sommer, in what they claim to be ‘Germany’s largest music rights acquisition yet’
A year ago, three ex-BMG senior execs – Dominique Casimir, Maximilian Kolb and Justus Haerder – launched a new Berlin-based entertainment ...
